Did you know that Grandparents Day is just around the corner? Grandparents Day is always celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day which is almost here. Aside from spending time with their loved ones, there’s really nothing a grandparent enjoys more than receiving something handmade (or sewn..) by a loved … Continue reading
Do You Have Some Vintage Sheets or Linens Lying Around? Quite a few years ago, my mother-in-law gave me a whole stack of vintage sheets with bright and beautiful floral patterns. I didn’t want to use them on our beds but they were such nice patterns and the fabric quality … Continue reading
Does Your Home Need Some Improvement? I’m often at a loss when it comes to ideas of what I can sew for our home. So I keep a list of projects that I’ve come across that would look good and add to our house for when I have the time. I … Continue reading
Most of us simply can’t find enough time to sew. However, sometimes when I just have to sew something, I wish I had a list of small projects that I could fit into the short time I have available. So a few months ago, I started making a list of … Continue reading
When I wrote in a recent article that we were already on our sixth pattern of the Workout Wardrobe that we kicked off back at the start of the year with our New Year’s resolutions, a number of readers wrote to ask for a summary of all the patterns to make … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day! We celebrate Mother’s Day every year as a way to honor the mothers in the family, motherhood, maternal bonds and the overall contribution and influence of mother’s in our societies. Mother’s Day is observed in over 40 countries around the world. In the US the holiday is celebrated … Continue reading
Why not make your own Barbie clothes? Barbie has been a cultural icon since for almost 60 years since she was “born” on March 9, 1959. The doll was launched by toy company Mattel and since 1959 over a billion Barbies have been manufactured. While you can certainly buy almost … Continue reading
So what are appliqués anyway? Appliqués are shapes or letters with an adhesive on the backside so that they can be applied, using an iron, to everything from clothing, (think adorable initials on Children’s coats, for example) to pillows, to tablecloths. How to start? If you want to learn how … Continue reading
In case you’re looking for some sewing ideas for the holidays, here’s our Great Christmas Sewing Roundup with more than 50 seasonal sewing projects and tutorials. Some of my sewing friends call it the “Fat Quarter” (sewing pun definitely intended..)—that’s the final quarter of the calendar year with all the holidays, … Continue reading
As the winter chill sets in the northern hemisphere, I thought it would be a great time of year to share some free scarf patterns that we have collected. Indeed, the scarf is an element of fashion that needs no introduction –so obvious and so handy that it’s origins literally cannot … Continue reading
Indeed…it’s strange how, over the decades, as our lives have apparently gotten simpler: what with iPads, color-sensing foundations, lash curling mascara, phones which are smarter than we are and so on; our bags have gotten no smaller. In fact, as the capacities of our all-sorting gadgets has increased…so has our … Continue reading
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